- Mixes and extrudes pastas, sausage, bagels, cookies, pastry dough
- Comes with 10 pasta dies, Asian noodle/potato pancake die, rugula die
- 12 other dies can be ordered separately
- Instruction/recipe booklet and video also included
- Measures 7 by 11-3/4 by 10-1/2 inches
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This versatile electric appliance mixes and extrudes pasta in diverse shapes, as well as sausage through a "horn." It also mixes and extrudes just about any dough or batter, including those for bagels, cookies, and potato pancakes. The key to all this is a little 385-watt motor, a control button that operates the mixing and extruding functions separately, and a lot of durable plastic dies that fit on the end of the extrusion mechanism. Included are 10 pasta dies for various shapes, an Asian noodle/potato pancake die, an arugula die, the pasta horn, a measuring cup calibrated for pasta ingredients, a pasta fork, and a package of sausage seasonings. A dozen other dies can be ordered separately. Also included are an instruction/recipe booklet and an instruction video. The machine measures 7 by 11-3/4 by 10-1/2 inches and is made of hard plastic. --Fred Brack
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Pasta is the best when it's fresh!,
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This review is from: Ronco PAS17 Automatic Pasta & Sausage Maker (Kitchen)
I have loved this machine for months now. It took me a long time to purchase this item because I have been burned by TV inventions before. But ronco is THE BEST. The pasta comes out perfect, Everytime! Trust me... Try it and you will be pleased too! It saves me plenty on groceries. I used to buy the fresh pasta their and it cost me 2-3 dollars a pack... big savings!
22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
I like It,
This review is from: Ronco PAS17 Automatic Pasta & Sausage Maker (Kitchen)
I read all the reviews before buying this item and decided to go ahead and give it try with the idea in mind that if it was lousy at making pasta, I would use it for making sausage. So far, I have been successful at both. I have had the pasta maker for a couple of months and use it twice a week to make pasta. I think it's a nice machine. It's a little tricky to get the dough right but it's worth the effort to learn. In the beginning, stick to the same brand of flour and use the same measuring utensils until you know what the correct consistency of the dough is. Once you get the hang of that, don't expect your pasta to be the same length. The pasta that extrudes through the die is always longer in the middle with the side pieces at times being several inches shorter. Of course this doesn't affect the taste but it is rather annoying.
You should only use 2 cups of flour in the machine. Anymore than that and you will have problems with the face plate coming off or cracking and the dough will push up on the lid and cause problems. I called Ronco and the maximum amount of flour to use is 2 cups. I found out by trial and error that the maximum amount of meat to use for making sausage is 2 lbs. It says in the manual to add up to 2 lbs of meat but it doesn't say you can't add anymore. Trust me, you can't! The lid and the face plate will come off! The directions in the manual on what the dough should look like really aren't that great since they are illustrations and not actual pictures. So make sure you watch the video to get an idea of what the dough should look like. The manual specifies that it's the proper consistency when small pea sized lumps appear. It's more like when small walnut sized lumps appear. They should hold together and be moist but not sticky when pressed. Add the liquid slowly. I drizzle in 3/4 of it, let it mix a minute or so, stop the machine and check the dough before adding any more. If the dough is granular like cornmeal and won't hold together in a clump when pressed, I know it's too dry and add the rest of the liquid. Sometimes I need all of it, sometimes, I don't. Depending upon what shape die you are using, the machine may make a loud high pitched whining sound as the dough is extruding. I thought something was wrong with it but remembered that I could hear the same sound in the video (it's faint but if you listen carefully you can hear it) so I assume that this may be the loud noise mentioned in the manual. I've only heard it when using the sphagetti die. Make sure you place the die in a bowl of hot water before using it. As an added tip, place a drop or two of oil in the water. This helps when the dough is extruding. Cleaning the machine is a lot easier than cleaning the other pasta maker that I used to own since all of the parts are removeable and can be placed in the dishwasher. I prefer to hand wash mine, and it takes no time to clean the parts. I let the die and the locking ring sit out for awhile so the dough can dry and then I remove it with the die pick. The pasta maker does a really good job at extruding meat for sausage. I thought it would be pretty cool to just make one long sausage and then twist it off into links. I suppose this takes experience because I broke the casing after the first sausage. It's easier to just twist them off when they are at the length you want. I ordered the accessory pack that has a variety of dies, casing sizes and sausage horns and have really enjoyed using the machine to make different types of pasta and sausage.
22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
It works great, when it is not broken,
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This review is from: Ronco PAS17 Automatic Pasta & Sausage Maker (Kitchen)
We love pasta, perhaps too much. We used this machine at least twice a week until it broke. It took THREE MONTHS for them to get a new one to us, despite frequent frantic calls to the customer service line (by the way, expect to wait at LEAST thirty minutes to talk to a human, and often closer to an hour).When the machine arrived, it too lasted but a short time in our kitchen... and then it broke again. Replacement parts were sent after only a month or so, this time, although we had to pay substantial S&H charges both times, from ... costs of shipping defective parts back to Ronco. Now our machine is, once again, broken, and none of us have the strength left to deal with the flaccid customer service department, and so are instead searching the internet for something more durable, which is how we wound up here and felt sorry for all of the people who might actually buy one of these, and thought we should warn you!!!! Enjoy your machine, while it lasts! It does do a good job while it works and is fun to own and use. Ronco, on the other hand, extrudes material in a very different manner from its product, and of a decidedly different color and odor.
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